Chelkou Game Reserve

Chelkou Game Reserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Location in South Sudan
Nearest city	Aweil
Coordinates	9°36′N 26°00′E / 9.6°N 26°E / 9.6; 26Coordinates: 9°36′N 26°00′E / 9.6°N 26°E / 9.6; 26

The Chelkou Game Reserve is a game reserve established in 1939 in South Sudan. The site has an area of 5,500 square kilometres (2,100 sq mi).^[1] The savannah woodland habitat features key species of Elephant, giant eland, and buffalo. ^[2]

References

↑ World Database on Protected Areas
↑ United Nations Environment Programme (2007). Sudan: post-conflict environmental assessment. UNEP/Earthprint. pp. 261, 263–. ISBN 978-92-807-2702-9. Retrieved 2 August 2011.

Protected Areas of South Sudan

National parks	Bandingilo Boma Lantoto Nimule Shambe Southern

Game reserves	Ashana Bengangai Bire Kpatuos Boro Chelkou Ez Zeraf Fanikang Juba Kidepo Mushra Mbarizunga Numatina

Conservation Areas	Imatong Mountains Lake Ambadi Lake No Sudd (Ramsar site)

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